Over the past few decades, the opioid epidemic has gripped the United States, fueled in large part by the over-prescription ...

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Naloxone can save a person's life by reversing a potentially fatal opioid overdose, and is now available as an over-the-counter medication. Unfortunately, there's a very significant catch ...

The vulnerability of former prisoners is compounded when overdose prevention support—naloxone and drug-checking technologies such as fentanyl test strips, for instance—aren't readily ...

More Bystanders Are Using Naloxone to Save Folks From Overdose By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Oct. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- More bystanders are stepping in to administer ...

Co-design of an intervention using a person-based approach to encourage people in Somerset to carry naloxone This project aimed to co-design a local campaign and interventions to encourage people who ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(15):1419-1425. The short duration of activity of naloxone when the drug is administered as an i.v. bolus may limit its effectiveness for the management of OIP.